Podcast Episodes

OpenAI is reportedly preparing legal action against Apple; it wouldn’t be the first partner to feel burned

OpenAI is so frustrated with Apple over a ChatGPT integration that failed to deliver the subscribers and prominence it expected that the company is n…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Who decides what AI tells you? Campbell Brown, once Meta’s news chief, has thoughts; plus

Brown says, "the conversation is sort of happening in Silicon Valley around one thing, and a totally different conversation is happening among consum…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children; plus, Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit

OpenAI's CEO recalls a "particularly hair-raising" conversation with the SpaceX founder.

Also, Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers i…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

TikTok now wants to be the place you book the trip you just saw on TikTok; plus, AI is turning connected cars into pothole-finding machines

TikTok is systematically converting its discovery engine into a transaction layer, which both deepens user retention and opens entirely new revenue s…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Cloudflare says AI made 1,100 jobs obsolete, even as revenue hit a record high; plus, Anthropic says ‘evil’ portrayals of AI can have real effect

CloudFlare announced its first large-scale layoff. CEO Matthew Prince says because of AI efficiency gains, the company doesn't need as many support r…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Microsoft’s AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals; plus, China’s Moonshot AI raises $2B as demand for open-source AI skyrockets

The push for new data centers at Microsoft is putting one of the its key clean power goals at risk.

Also, Moonshot's annualized recurring revenue top…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tinder owner Match Group is slowing hiring to pay for its increased use of AI tools; plus, Apple will pay $250M to settle lawsuit

Match Group said that it's slowing its hiring plans for the rest of the year because AI tools "cost a lot of money."

Also, Apple has agreed to pay $2…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’

As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Ouster’s new color lidar is coming to replace cameras; plus, US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants

A sensor that can simultaneously capture depth and image data has long been a "holy grail," Ouster CEO Angus Pacala told TechCrunch.

Also, Virginia a…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Pentagon inks deals with Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS to deploy AI on classified networks

The deals come as the DoD has doubled down on diversifying its exposure to AI vendors in the wake of its controversial dispute with Anthropic over us…

3 months, 4 weeks ago